The hammer snapped, and there was an empty sound. Empty guns. Yan Chenggong opened his eyes and looked at Lao Bai, revealing a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Thank you."

"You owe me my life."

"Okay." Yan Chenggong didn't ask Lao Bai why he didn't kill him, and Lao Bai didn't ask anyone who signaled Yan Chenggong to do this.

Lao Bai put away the gun, and Yan Chenggong put on the folded Zhongshan suit. As if nothing had happened.

"Boss, execute as planned?"

"It's business as usual." Yan Chenggong nodded, but did not leave cleanly as usual.

"What else?" Lao Bai frowned.

"I said Toucheng, you definitely don't believe it, and I don't believe it myself." Yan Chenggong looked at Lao Bai: "You will be a good leader, and so will Chen Mo." Lao Bai understood what Yan Chenggong meant and smiled.

"I used to be the home planet resistance, but it is not only the resistance army that has lofty ideals, do things for me, do things for Chen Mo, maybe one day, you will find that it is also a good choice."

"Perhaps." Yan Chenggong pondered for a moment and asked seriously: "If you are dead and Chen Mo is still alive, will you let the lioness kill me before you die?" ”

"Definitely."

"Then what if Xu Tiegong dies?" This time, Lao Bai was silent for a long time.

"I don't know."

"Understood." Yan Chenggong nodded heavily when he heard this, and left the bar. The lioness breathed a sigh of relief. She could smell a strong smell of danger on Yan Chenggong, and when she really started, she really didn't fully grasp the care of the elderly.

"Commander, why did you keep him?" Lao Bai poured a glass of whiskey and drank it all.

"Leave a way out for Xiao Mo." …… In less than three days, Yan Chenggong recruited a full 500 newcomers from District H and sent them to Lao Bai.

The recruit assembly place is still the city administration, but this time the enlistment review is no longer under the city government, and the militia regiment is fully responsible.

Lao Bai didn't wear civilian clothes, and he was wearing the uniform of the commander of the city corps issued by the Donghuang Corps. The old white hair and beard had been carefully trimmed, the mechanical arm and exoskeleton armored legs were full of horse-like legs, and he had a black pipe in his mouth.

The rank of Colonel on his shoulders sparkled. Next to him was a lioness in the same uniform, with her hair cut short.

Standing behind the lioness was Zheng Yunhong, who had a weak body and a resolute gaze. In order, Jiang Zhanjun, Jing Jing, Gu Shuang, and Dongchuan Masami were ranked, and their rank was company captain.

Lao Bai smoked his pipe and nodded to Jiang Zhanjun. Jiang Zhanjun came out of the ranks and took over the roster from the veterans who followed F113 all the way.

"Jian Chenglong!"

"Here!"

"Wei Dalin!"

"Here!" A not-so-loud voice responded to Jiang Zhanjun. The roster has a total of nine pages, and Jiang Zhanjun's saliva dried up before he finished the roll call.

Five hundred, one person is not more, one person is not less, all of them are all there, and the execution of Yan's success can be seen. After the roll call, Jiang Zhanjun returned to the team, Lao Bai took the microphone and took two steps forward.

Patting the microphone, Lao Bai's gaze swept downward. It's never been sharper. Like an old knife out of its sheath.

"We call it the Kote Militia Regiment, but there has never been a precedent for a city-affiliated militia regiment in the North Central and North China, and Kote doesn't need two corps." Listening to Lao Bai's unclear reprimand, the newcomers were puzzled but did not have the slightest disturbance.

Presumably, Yan Chenggong had already trained this group of people in advance. If it weren't for Yan Chenggong's other priorities, Lao Bai really wanted to transfer him over to train this batch of newcomers.

"Our name is the Kote Militia Regiment, but in fact, our armaments and our military expenses are all paid for by me, the regiment commander." The newlyweds remained quiet.

"All of you are my private army, and you will enjoy the official establishment, the same or even better treatment as other members of the corps, but you must also have the awareness to fight at any time and face unknown enemies." Lao Bai's face did not change when he said words that were almost unintentional to rebel: "You are not the old soldiers of other regiments, I will do my best to turn each of you into an elite, even if one day you feel tired and want to quit, you also have the ability to eat, in addition, in addition to the city administration subsidy when you quit, I will pay a generous allowance according to the length of service." "There are newcomers who are eager to try, and there are also people with complicated faces.

"Therefore, I still want to enter the ranks of the militia regiment now, confirm with Colonel Jiang, and the rest of the people can leave on their own and collect the travel expenses from President Yan." The crowd stirred for the first time, and after a brief discussion, less than fifty people chose to leave.

The rest of the people confirmed their registration with Jiang Zhanjun. Lao Bai nodded in satisfaction and turned to the lioness.

"Simply sift through the people, and let Nie Bo re-examine them."

"Understood."

"The dead spot of the body test card, sieve a few thorns, and let them know that this opportunity is not easy to come by."

"Understood." For the lioness, Lao Bai was very relieved and asked her to do it, and he wore a corps official uniform into the city hall.

There were already people waiting on the side, it was Hu Jun who supported Lu Diping during the Kurt Rebellion. Hu Jun greeted Lao Bai with a smile.

Thanks to Lao Bai and others, he was directly transferred from the rotten H area of Sanzhi to the Uptown Law Enforcement Bureau. Although the document given by Lu Diping is that Hu Jun did not report the tragedy to the City Law Enforcement Bureau when he left District H because of poor supervision, so he was demoted from the director of the Law Enforcement Department of District H to the deputy director of the Shangcheng District Law Enforcement Bureau, but everyone who understands knows that this is a proper progress.

The director of District H is Zheng Qi, the former deputy director of District H. Lao Bai patted Hu Jun on the shoulder.

"Is it still a habit to stay in Uptown?"

"It's okay, but the pace of life is a little too fast, and I'm not used to it." Hu Jun said with a smile: "Let's go, Captain White, the city lord is waiting." Lao Bai nodded.

All the way to the re-installed city lord's office, Lu Diping was sitting at his desk, instructing the new secretary to sort out the documents, and when he saw Lao Bai coming, he hurriedly got up accordingly.

"Mr. White."

"City Lord Lu." Two large strong hands clasped tightly together. asked the secretary and Hu Jun to leave, and Lu Diping personally made a pot of tea for Lao Bai.

"Mr. White, I have been working on the reconstruction of the city since Chen Mo left, and I haven't had time to formally thank you yet."

"Nothing." Lao Bai shook his head: "When you let Xiao Mo go, I didn't thank you." Lu Diping laughed.

Lao Bai is not confused, he knows everything, he doesn't say it or not, but he will remember it in his heart.

"Mr. White..."

"Just call me Lao Bai." Lu Diping was stunned for a moment, and then understood.

"Okay, old white." Lao Bai smiled.

"I thank you, not for helping me win back the position of city lord. I want to thank you even more for having the courage to let Chen Mo stand up and really defeat Lin Ping and his group. Lu Diping was upright: "Lin Ping wants to eat Hex, and wants to turn many enterprises in Kote City into people surnamed Lin, Donghuang can't meddle in the place, and the Governor's Mansion turns a blind eye, in this case, if it weren't for your father and son standing up, the enterprises and people in Kot City would have become fish and meat in the Lin family's mouth." Lao Bai interrupted Lu Diping.

"Although it is very rude to interject at this time, it is not only our father and the two who stand up, but also many people from Baishi."

"I understand, I'm sorry I didn't make it to the funeral, but I was in the Doge's Palace at the time..."

"Understood."

"I'll add three more martyrs."

"I'll thank the three of them first." Lu Diping put down the teacup, got up and bowed solemnly to Lao Bai.

"I thank you father and son for all the energy companies of Kot, for all the people that Kot does not know about but are protected by you." The old white nose with this whole hand is a little sour.

He didn't know how much of Lu Diping's words were true, but he was really useful.

"It's important to say a lot to the city lord of Lu." Lao Bai hurriedly held up Lu Diping: "Let's not fix this fiction." Lu Diping was not pretentious, got up and motioned Lao Bai to sit down quickly, and sat back on the chair.

"Then let's be honest."

"Okay."

"I invite you to come to the city administration this time, not only about the militia regiment, but also about something I want to ask you about."

"You say."

"The renovation of Area H has to be put on the agenda. Area H is a vast and populous area that has always been an integral part of the city of Cotte. I had this plan before Lin Ping came up, but it has never been implemented, and now the dust has settled within Kurt, and I have to start the people's survival plan. When Lao Bai heard this, he frowned slightly.

"What does City Lord Lu want to do?"

"The people gathered in Area H are people who can't survive. If the land is forcibly expropriated, it will inevitably be another turmoil, but if you buy the land... The city government is not rich now. The only thing that can be counted on is to allocate housing and let several consortia do it together. After the reinstatement of the H district, the number of crimes in the lower city will be reduced by at least half, and then if the city government's revenue generation allows, I will go further..."

"These are long-term solutions, not immediate ones."

"It's true, but it's imperative for the aggregation consortium to start the transformation of Area H."

"So..."

"So I want you to put forward this leader." The old white brows were locked.

"Me? Why me? ”

"Only you have the charisma. Now not only in H-Zone, but all of Cotter City is looking at you as a hero. Lu Diping said bluntly: "I want to use your influence to do what I want to do but have not been able to do." ”

"Why now?"

"The Kete vein is about to attract investment for the second time, and this time there is no share of Jiangyin City, and this is the easiest thing to do." Lu Diping thought about it, sighed and added: "Actually, there is another reason. ”

"What?"

"The people's memory is short-lived, only when they regard you as a hero, they will remember you well, maybe half a year, or even a month later, after Lin Ping's popularity has passed, people will gradually forget the contributions made by your father and son to Cotter." Harsh, unpleasant.

But the facts. Lao Bai was silent for a while.

"Who do you want me to promote?"

"Hex."

"Why?"

"The reform of Area H will definitely be profitable when it returns to the embrace of city government. I will give policy support to District H and ensure that a number of merchants will be relocated. But the difficulty is how to convince people that I am not a blank check, and how to make people see that it is profitable to buy and sell real estate and roads in H District. Lu Diping poured the somewhat cold tea in front of Lao Bai and made a new cup: "I need someone who can believe in me and support me to lead." Lao Bai thought for a moment.

"I am only responsible for matchmaking, although I am a member of Hex's shareholders, but the real decision is in the hands of Mr. Su and Mr. Chu, and only with their nod, the project can run."

"Of course, I'm grateful to have the connection." Lu Diping bowed: "By the way, is the reorganization of the militia group still going well?" ”

"It's going well." Lao Bai tasted the tea in front of him. It can only be said that it is not bad, and it is not far from good.

I don't know if Lu Diping deliberately did this, but at least now it seems that he can be called a good city lord.

"Although the Governor's Office gave a document saying that the militia group will take care of all military expenses by itself, if there is a need, I can speak at any time, as long as it is within my ability, the city administration will definitely help." Lao Bai's eyebrows were raised, and his head was so dense that he could trap flies.

"City Lord Lu, I don't take this as a polite remark, you say, I really believe it."

"Of course." Lu Diping responded, but looking at the glint in Lao Bai's eyes, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

"Can you discuss something?"

"Uh... You said. ”

"Didn't all the mechanical operators of the previous explosion brigade be scrapped? I heard that they said that they were not covered by the warranty, and if they repaired it, they would have to charge a lot of money? ”

“… Right. ”

"Now the city government can't afford to repair it, so it's better to declare it scrapped, and Hex will be responsible for destroying it, and you can purchase a new batch of new ones." Lu Diping smiled bitterly.

"Big brother, you can't come up and play so big."

"I think Mr. Su and Mr. Chu should not refuse profitable projects."

"......" The expression on Lu Diping's face was very exciting, and he almost blurted out, 'Old horseman, how dare you do this'.

After a moment, Lu Diping adjusted his expression.

"I think so."

"Safe." Lao Bai made an oK gesture. Lu Diping called the secretary, shook hands with Lao Bai, and motioned for the secretary to take pictures.

This photo will appear in the headlines tomorrow. …… The screening standards of the Kote militia are similar to those raised by the previous Kot City when the mines were opened.

It is divided into a physical test, a written test and an interview. There are seven physical tests, namely weightlifting, trail running, pull-ups, standing long jump, 100-meter switchback run, obstacle course and high jump.

Considering that being in the downtown area all year round will inevitably lead to malnutrition and even underlying diseases, the standards are still relaxed.

However, the physical fitness of these newcomers is unexpectedly good, and Yan Chenggong must have been screened in advance.

Only a dozen people were eliminated due to failing the physical test. The written test is also very simple. Basic intelligence tests, and some faith-based questions.

As long as the number of literate words is about the same, you can count the number of points. The last wave of interviews was screened by Nie Bo.

In addition to some basic faith questions, it is more about the newcomers' sense of belonging to the militia group. Except for a few people who plan to eat and wait for death, the rest is not much of a problem.

The test lasted three full days, and 393 were screened out of the 452 people registered.

After mixing with the previous 86 veterans, the reorganized Kote militia regiment totaled 479 people, which was not much different from the original target of 500 people.

However, with the rebuilding of the corps, there will be people to join in the future, and Lao Bai is very satisfied with this number. Four hundred and seventy-nine people, according to the minimum allowance, the annual allowance alone will exceed 20 million, if it is not for the shareholding of Hex, I am afraid that the White Rock Group really does not have this capital.

However, Hex also understands what this corps is used for, so Chu Zihan stated that Hex will fund the militia group with 10 million per year in the name of weapon trials.

So far. A strong team has taken shape.